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  • 1996 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to theory and application of switching power converters and their control.

Overview

Mehrdad Ehsani is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States and specializes in engineering, particularly focusing on automotive and electrical engineering fields. Their research spans multiple subfields, including automotive engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, control and systems engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment, as well as building and construction.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to electric and hybrid vehicle technologies, advanced battery technologies research, electric vehicles and infrastructure, electric motor design and analysis, wind turbine control systems, microgrid control and optimization, and sensorless control of electric motors.

Several recent papers by Mehrdad Ehsani illustrate areas of research interest and contributions. These include:

  • State of the Art and Trends in Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles, 2021, Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Direct torque control versus indirect field-oriented control of induction motors for electric vehicle applications, 2020, Engineering Science and Technology an International Journal
  • Net Zero Energy Buildings: Variations, Clarifications, and Requirements in Response to the Paris Agreement, 2021, Energies
  • Impact of Different Photovoltaic Models on the Design of a Combined Solar Array and Pumped Hydro Storage System, 2020, Applied Sciences
  • High-Performance 4WD Electric Powertrain With Flywheel Kinetic Energy Recovery, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Ramin Tafazzoli Mehrjardi
  • Nima Farrokhzad Ershad
  • Zhemin Hu
  • Uğur Demir
  • Pelin Demir

Mehrdad Ehsani's work has been published repeatedly in well-known venues such as Energies, Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, and IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification.

Their research activities have been recognized with the IEEE Fellow award in 1996 for contributions to the theory and application of switching power converters and their control.

Best Publications

  • Modern Electric, Hybrid Electric, and Fuel Cell Vehicles

    Mehrdad Ehsani;Yimin Gao;Stefano Longo;Kambiz M. Ebrahimi

  • Modern electric, hybrid electric, and fuel cell vehicles : fundamentals, theory, and design

    Mehrdad Ehsani;Yimin Gao;Ali Emadi

  • Torque ripple minimization in switched reluctance motor drives by PWM current control

    I. Husain;M. Ehsani

  • Advantages of switched reluctance motor applications to EV and HEV: design and control issues

    K.M. Rahman;B. Fahimi;G. Suresh;A.V. Rajarathnam

  • Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Architecture and Motor Drives

    M. Ehsani;Yimin Gao;J.M. Miller

  • Propulsion system design of electric and hybrid vehicles

    M. Ehsani;K.M. Rahman;H.A. Toliyat

  • Aircraft power systems: technology, state of the art, and future trends

    K. Emadi;M. Ehsani

  • Sensorless control of the BLDC motors from near-zero to high speeds

    Tae-Hyung Kim;M. Ehsani

  • Vehicular Electric Power Systems : Land, Sea, Air, and Space Vehicles

    Ali Emadi;Mehrdad Ehsani;John M. Miller

  • A Matlab-based modeling and simulation package for electric and hybrid electric vehicle design

    K.L. Butler;M. Ehsani;P. Kamath

  • State of the Art and Trends in Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles

    Mehrdad Ehsani;Krishna Veer Singh;Hari Om Bansal;Ramin Tafazzoli Mehrjardi

  • Review of sensorless methods for brushless DC

    J.P. Johnson;M. Ehsani;Y. Guzelgunler

  • A novel position sensor elimination technique for the interior permanent-magnet synchronous motor drive

    A.B. Kulkarni;M. Ehsani

  • Analysis of power electronic converters using the generalized state-space averaging approach

    J. Mahdavi;A. Emaadi;M.D. Bellar;M. Ehsani

  • Making the case for applications of switched reluctance motor technology in automotive products

    M. Krishnamurthy;C.S. Edrington;A. Emadi;P. Asadi

  • Inductance model-based sensorless control of the switched reluctance motor drive at low speed

    Hongwei Gao;F.R. Salmasi;M. Ehsani

  • On the feasibility of four-switch three-phase BLDC motor drives for low cost commercial applications: topology and control

    Byoung-Kuk Lee;Tae-Hyung Kim;M. Ehsani

  • Elimination of position sensors in switched reluctance motor drives: state of the art and future trends

    M. Ehsani;B. Fahimi

  • Four-quadrant sensorless brushless ECM drive

    R.C. Becerra;T.M. Jahns;M. Ehsani

  • Design and Control Methodology of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

    Yimin Gao;M. Ehsani

  • A review of soft-switched DC-AC converters

    M.D. Bellar;T.S. Wu;A. Tchamdjou;J. Mahdavi

Frequent Co-Authors

Ali Emadi
Ali Emadi McMaster University
Babak Fahimi
Babak Fahimi The University of Texas at Dallas
Iqbal Husain
Iqbal Husain North Carolina State University
Thomas M. Jahns
Thomas M. Jahns University of Wisconsin–Madison
Thomas A. Lipo
Thomas A. Lipo University of Wisconsin–Madison
J.D. van Wyk
J.D. van Wyk University of Johannesburg
Hamid A. Toliyat
Hamid A. Toliyat Texas A&M University
Leila Parsa
Leila Parsa University of California, Santa Cruz
Issa Batarseh
Issa Batarseh University of Central Florida
Bilal Akin
Bilal Akin The University of Texas at Dallas

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